Improved starch gloss



getter: 5 mm ntent ft-rt.

HENRY SAWYER, OF BO STON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 63,754, dated April 9, 1867.

IMPROVED STARUH GLOSS.

t /lie fitlgrtule nzfetteh in in tlgrse itefitrs iizitnzt init' mating nn at tlge 5mm.

TO ALL TO .WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

Be it known that I, HENRY SAWYER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts have made a new and useful invention of a Material to be Combined with Starch, and (lo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying specimens.

The invention consists of the employment or use of paraflincin combination with starch, to give it a glossy, polished appearance, as Well as to add to the stiffening properties of the starch.

Ian] aware thata composition composed of tnllonand Wax has been used for this purpose but there are sev eral objections to this preparation, one being the greasy nature of the tal'low, which is liabloto stain or spot the linen on passing a hot iron over it. Another objection is the difficulty of making the wax unite with or incorporate itself with the starch. Furthermore, this composition has too much bulk or holly, and is apt to leave a sticky coating on the surface of the material with which it is used. The parailinc, on the contrary, owing to its peculiar properties, incorporates itself with the starch, is free from the other objections above mentioned, and gives a peculiarly glossy, White appearance to the linen.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the use or employmentof pamfi'ine in combination'xvith starch, substantially in the manner and for the purpose as before describcrl.

HENRY SAWYER.

Witnesses:

H. G. PARKER, FRED. CURTIS. 

